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Nan Zhang doing CO₂ flux measurements in the greenhouse

Soil sampling for the virus project

IBED strategic day 2022

The grass on the other side is always greener: Emma Polman uses the exclusion of large herbivores to understand the effect of grazing in the Oostvaardersplassen

Visible drought effect on productive grassland vegetation in the KLIGRAS project

Flood barriers for the extreme rainfall treatment in the KLIGRAS prpject

The reality of fieldwork in the Netherlands – part II

The reality of fieldwork in the Netherlands – part I

One brave flamingo to protect newly planted seedlings with its life – and to mark their treatment

Field site of the KLIGRAS project in a productive grassland

Heather (Calluna vulgaris) plants growing inside a frame used for gas flux measurements in a long-term drought experiment in the Veluwe

Grass and forb seedlings growing in cylinders with different mesh sizes to determine microbial effects on plant growth in the SHIFTFEEDBACK project

Application of extreme rainfall treatment

earthworm activity within the cylinders

Harvest of 1000+ cylinders to determine plant-soil feedback and microbe effects on plant growth (feat. Mariana & Leo)

Mariana fighting the jungle of Urtica in a chronosequence field site

Washed roots ready for biomass determination and mycorrhizal colonisation analysis

We escaped! Winter lab outing for some team building and food

Fertilisation of the grassland sites

Mariana presenting the newest SHIFTFEEDBACK results to our collaborators at Natuurmonumenten

Celebrating each others achievements!

Furry fieldwork support always welcome!

Setup of the KLIGRAS field sites

Taking monoliths for the GRASS4FUN project in Switzerland

In Estonian grassland paradise for the GRASS4FUN project

Beautiful views and rocky soils in Galicia (GRASS4FUN)

Four-legged sampling supervisors